The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-03
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heart, but is able to sit up. 80 ID. S.
Waterman and family of Barton Landing
are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dyer
Waterman. - Mrs. Mary Colburn of
Washington, ID. c., is stopping with her sis
ter. Mrs. j. p. Lord.
East Orange.
Miss ROSE l.. RICHARDSON started last
Wednesday morning for Whitewater, Wis,
where she has accepted the position of gov
erness in the home of A. |. Dexter. -
Nelson Jewell has returned to his home in
Boston. His wife and daughter Lucina are
still visiting friends in town. - j. V.
Brooks and wife are expected to return to
Syracuse, n. Y, in about two weeks. Mr..
Brooks and Mr.. Jewell caught six hum
dred fifty trout during Mr.. JEWELS two
weeks visit at his old home. - Mrs.
Hiram Thurston, accompanied by her sis
ter, Mrs. Eugene Leavitt of Lancaster,
n H., are spending few days here with
old acquaintances j. W. Moore was
thrown from his carriage over steep en-
bankment last week Monday, narrowly
escaping serious injury His carriage was
badly broken.
West Randolph.
PLEASANT STREET has been nicely graded
with the road-machine. - An eating
saloon has been opened under the dress
makers rooms in Wheeler's block. -
The Baptist society served ice-cream in the
vestry Thursday evening. - We learn
that Wheeler & Son will soon move their
stock of clothing to White River Junction.
- DIR. w. A. Whittlesey is closing up
his business on account of poor health. DR..
John Mayo takes his place. 80 IL will
take about three hundred fifty tons of iron
pipe for the new water-works. - Union
services were held in the Methodist church
Sunday night, the presiding elder, Rev.
A. b. Truax, officiating. g The young
p1a n 10 ~
tional church enjoyed picnic at Beanville
Friday. - Gale Fish went to St. Adams
Saturday to visit his brother. IS S. L.
Sparhawk took photograph of the William
b. Wall locomotive Saturday. - Cortes
Nutting and wife have returned home.
- State Treasurer Dubois and family
were in camp at Berlin Pond last week
- Miss Mabel Suesman of Boston is at
Miss NJ. A. Tilsons again for the summer.
80 Granville Barnes moves into his new
house to-day Wednesday,. - Mrs. w. S.
Curtis sister and children from Hardwick
are visiting her. - Miss Pyle and friends
from Massachusetts have been visiting at
William S. Woods. - Mrs. Hale Flint
is recovering. Il. A. Thompson and
wife started Friday for his former home for
a vacation of two weeks - Captain
William Andrews and family have returned
from camping at Highgate Springs. -
Bertha Thayer of Cincinnati has been visit
ing at Frank Griswold's. - Mrs. j. Dag
gett of Boston is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Irwin Chase. Walter Woodward is re-
covering. - Mrs. w. w. Carr of Illinois
is visiting Mrs. w. S. Spear, her sister. -
DIR. Huntington and wife of Rochester were
in town last week. - Emma Moses is WIS.,
ting in Massachusetts. - The fat man
and woman have left town. - Elmer
Ford has gone to California. - Emma
T. Smith of Boston and her sister Mabel
from Wellesley College are spending their
vacation at their mothers. - Rev. w.
l. Chalmers and wife of Riverhead, n. Y,
are visiting at James Cleveland's. -
Willard Tilson of Boston is in town. -
Rev. and Mrs. j. Clafiin celebrate the fiftieth
anniversary of their marriage this week
Wednesday, - Madam Hotchkiss is re-
covering. - Will Blodgett talks of going
to Oregon. - Mrs. Dea. Howard re-
turned home Friday night - Miss Flora
Hewitt visited her home in Pomfret recently.
- Mr. Burnham has been in New Hamp-
shire on business several days. - Mrs.
G. II. Brown of White River Junction has
been visiting Mrs. John Mcbride her sister.
- Three young people from Philadel-
phia are the guests of Miss Hood. - Mrs.
Brown of Stowe and Miss Parish of St. Paul,
Mimi, have been the guests of Mrs. John
Gorham, their sister. - Mrs. Bancroft
of Brooklyn, y. Y, is visiting her sister,
Mrs DR.. Blanchard. - Rev. Mr. Truax
preached at the Methodist church Sunday.
- Mrs. o. A. Gay and family are ex-
pected back here from Cavendish to reside.
- Mrs. Wall. Williams has returned
from Boston. - Miss Mary Prndle has
returned from Michigan in very poor health.
- j. f. Cushman, Esq, expects to go
to Burlington to practice his profession.
Tunbridge.
SOME farmers were nearly Frustrated by
the oppressive heat last Saturday.
Mrs. Nathan Preston has recovered from
her late severe illness. - Mary Monkey
of Quechee has been visiting at NJ. V. b.
Noyes' for few days. - The school in
district No. 10 closed Friday. - Miss Vim
Farnham has gone to the White Mountains
to work in hotel. - The annual meet
ing of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union is to be held at the Congregational
church Friday at two NJ. - The Young
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
meets at Mrs. j. NJ. Kibby's next Saturday
- Post Whitney meets next Saturday
evening. - n G.. Underwood is now in
South Lawrence, Mass.
Washington.
DURING the severe thunderstorm of last
Thursday the barn belonging to John Calef
was struck and burned. The barn contained
about thirty tons of hay, and this and two
hogs were consumed. His horse and cows
We're saved. The house was also burned
and with it one thousand pounds of sugar.
Much of the furniture was saved, though
damaged by the rain. Two trees on Cut
ting Cheneys farm were struck the same
evening. Such terrific storm had not oc-
CURED in these parts in many years. g.
Enoch Martin was returning from Boston
last week with several horses and had
stopped at New London Thursday night
Six of his horses were burned in a barn
struck by lightning.
Williamstown.
JAMES S. ABBOTT arrived from st. Angus
tine, Florida, last Thursday. - DIR. C.
w. McClearn has sold his practice to DIR.
Elliot b. Watson and gone to Boston. DR..
Watson's Office will for a time be the one
enters upon his work here, so far as we
know, with the respect and esteem of his
townsmen, - Mrs. Mahlon Il. Davis,
only daughter of the late Mr.. Ira Smith
decides TO live in Ann Arbor, Mich, the
coming year - George w. Smith, now
of Philadelphia, Pa, has returned from
Europe with his wife and two of his sons
- Mrs. Harriet Robinson Wheeler has
been staying with her sister, Mrs. Warren
Poole, for some days past on account of the
illness of the latter. - Rev. Henry
Wilson and wife (nee Miss Lora Bass, now
OF Illinois, have postponed their proposed
eastern trip till the meeting of the Ameri-
can Board at Springfield, Mass, in the com
ing fall. - An Iowa friend tells us the
drouth is so severe in his section that he
has had to feed his COW on hay for six
weeks past. The prospect is that hay,
which usually sells for not over So per ton
there, will command three times that price